- Industry: Government
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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Provides a common set of terminology and definitions for the documentation of digital geospatial data. The standard establishes the names of data elements and compound elements (groups of data elements) to be used for these purposes, the definitions of these compound elements and data elements, and information about the values that are to be provided for the data elements.
Industry:Natural environment
A gaseous molecule that contains three oxygen atoms (O3), instead of the usual two (O2). Ozone can exist either high in the atmosphere (stratosphere), where it shields the Earth against harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun, or close to the ground (troposhere), where it is the main component of smog. Ground-level ozone is a product of reactions involving hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides in the presence of sunlight. Ozone is a potent irritant that causes lung damage and a variety of respiratory problems.
Industry:Natural environment
A metal collar with an attached collecting bag that is dragged along the bottom to obtain samples of rock, sediment, or benthic organisms.
Industry:Natural environment
A region of the chromosome, adjacent to the operon, where a repressor protein binds to prevent transcription of the operon.
Industry:Natural environment
A molecule that is capable of reacting with free radicals and neutralizing them; a compound that slows the rate of oxidation reactions.
Industry:Natural environment
All the DNA contained in an organism or a cell, which includes both the chromosomes within the nucleus and the DNA in mitochondria.
Industry:Natural environment
Cleavage where the fate of the resulting daughter cells is not determined after the initial divisionof a fertilized egg. If the cells separate, each has the potential to develop into an entire organism and the resulting individuals are genetically identical (identical twins). Inderterminate cleavage is characteristic of deuterostomes.
Industry:Natural environment
In animal behavior, a special signalling device used by an animal in a stereotypical movement, as for example, the waving of a fiddler crab's claw to attract the attention of other members of its species.
Industry:Natural environment
Information about data or other information. Metadata or "data about data" describe the content, quality, condition, and other characteristics of data.
Industry:Natural environment
